 The members of the Van Leer Group Foundation's governing council also form the board of trustees of the Bernard Van Leer Foundation.In the late 1990s, the Van Leer Group Foundation sold Royal Packaging Industries Van Leer, which it had fully owned, and now derives its income from a venture capital company and a global portfolio of equities, securities and property.The foundation has contributed to the development of the early childhood care and education sector in Jamaica and the Preschool Education Project in Kenya.